Michelman has acquired its long-time sales and service partner Supack International P L making it an integral part of Michelman India Michelman India is dedicated to the development of the Indian market with an immediate focus on the growing printing and packaging sector The company also has expansion plans to service other coatings and manufacturing industries that Michelman supports worldwide Appointed as Co-directors of Michelman India are Mr Pankaj Shah Supacks founder and Mr Steven Wong Michelmans VP Managing Director Asia Pacific With the Supack acquisition the Mumbai India based Michelman India hosts a business center laboratory and an experienced team of sales technical service and business operations personnel By keeping the existing team intact customers will experience a seamless continuation of business and technical services The facilitys laboratory has been equipped recently with several industry accepted product testing capabilities for packaging printing and coating applications With this direct and increased physical presence in India customers can expect Michelman to quickly develop innovative technologies for the Indian market According to Mr Jeff Rodgers Chief Financial Officer at Michelman Michelman and Supack have been serving the Indian market together for more than 30 years Mr Shahs experience and stellar reputation have allowed us to establish a firm position in the Indian packaging industry With this acquisition coupled with our established laboratory capabilities we will be intensifying our resource commitment to the region to support current customers while also increasing our focus on serving customers of our Coatings and Industrial Manufacturing Groups 513 793-2504